split — split a file into pieces
split [OPTION...] [ FILE [PREFIX] ]
Output pieces of FILE to PREFIXaa, PREFIXab, ...; default size is 1000 lines, and default PREFIX is 'x'.
With no FILE, or when FILE is −, read standard input.
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
−a, −−suffix−length=N/generate suffixes of length N (default 2)
−−additional−suffix=SUFFIX/append an additional SUFFIX to file names
−b, −−bytes=SIZE/put SIZE bytes per output file
−C, −−line−bytes=SIZE/put at most SIZE bytes of records per output file
−duse numeric suffixes starting at 0, not alphabetic
−−numeric−suffixes[=FROM/]same as −d, but
allow setting the start value
−xuse hex suffixes starting at 0, not alphabetic
−−hex−suffixes[=FROM/]same as −x, but
allow setting the start value
−e, −−elide−empty−filesdo not generate empty output files with '−n'
−−filter=COMMAND/write to shell COMMAND; file name is $FILE
−l, −−lines=NUMBER/put NUMBER lines/records per output file
−n, −−number=CHUNKS/generate CHUNKS output files; see explanation below
−t, −−separator=SEP/use SEP instead of newline as the record separator; '\0' (zero) specifies the NUL character
−u, −−unbufferedimmediately copy input to output with '−n r/...'
−−verboseprint a diagnostic just before each output file is opened
−−helpdisplay this help and exit
−−versionoutput version information and exit
The SIZE argument is an integer and optional unit (example: 10K is 10*1024). Units are K,M,G,T,P,E,Z,Y (powers of 1024) or KB,MB,... (powers of 1000). Binary prefixes can be used, too: KiB=K, MiB=M, and so on.
Nsplit into N files based on size of input
output Kth of N to stdout
split into N files without splitting lines/records
output Kth of N to stdout without splitting lines/records
like 'l' but use round robin distribution
likewise but only output Kth of N to stdout
GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
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Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/split>
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) split invocation'
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